Before joining Hui Ye Law Firm, Mr. Li had been working at the legal department of Public Security Bureau in one of the municipalities for over 16 years, where he led criminal enforcement and cybersecurity enforcement

Education

• Bachelor of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law
• Master of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law

Social Positions and Honor

• Member of the National Management Committee and Senior Partner of Hui Ye Law Firm
• Director of Hui Ye Cyber, Data & AI Committee
• Deputy Director of the Anti-Fraud and Criminal Risk Control Committee of Shanghai Bar Association
• Researcher of the Center for Internet Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, LLM External Tutor of the East China University of Political Science and Law, External practice tutor of Master of Laws of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

China Business Law Journal：2022-2026 “The A-List” of China Business Law Journal;

ALB：2023 “Top 15 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lawyers”;

Chambers：2022-2026 (Greater China and Global) “Leading Lawyer” in “Data Compliance and Privacy”;

The Legal 500：2025-2026 “Leading Partner” in Data Protection field of Greater China Area, 2024 “Next Generation Partner” in data protection field, 2022-2023 “Data Compliance” Recommended Lawyers;

LEGALBAND：2021-2026 Top Ranked Lawyer in China in the field of “Cyber Security and Data Compliance”, 2025-2026 Top Ranked Lawyer in China in the field of “White-Collar Crime & Commercial Crime”; 2025 Top 15 Lawyers in China in the field of “White-Collar & Commercial Crime”; 2022 Top 15 Lawyers in “Innovative Lawyers” section and “Top 15 lawyers” in the “Client Preferred Compliance Lawyers” section, 2021 “Top 15 Recommended Lawyers” in the “Criminal Compliance” section, 2020 the “Top 15 Recommended Lawyers” in "Cyber Security and Data Compliance” section of LEGALBAND.

LEXPRESS: 2024 Leading Lawyer in Data Compliance; 2025 "Brand Star" Honorary Lawyer in Commercial Crime

Hurun Legal: 2026 "Industry Pioneer+" in Data Protection & Cybersecurity

LEGAL HALL OF FAME: 2025 Client-Selected Lawyer - Excellent Lawyer in Cybersecurity and Data Compliance Recommended by General Counsel of the Automotive Industry.

Key Achievements

Mr. Li has accumulated extensive practical experience in the legal service areas in which he practices.

In the field of anti-fraud/anti-corruption/anti-commercial bribery, Mr. Li has provided legal services covering conflict-of-interest investigations, anti-corruption and fraud probes, and response to criminal victimization for numerous Fortune Global 500 companies and leading domestic enterprises across chemicals, automotive, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, retail, e-commerce, manufacturing and other industries. He has assisted enterprises in improving compliance systems and mitigating legal risks of commercial bribery; helped verify employees’ conflicts of interest and facts of corruption and fraud, effectively responded to criminal infringements, secured evidence, referred relevant personnel to judicial authorities for disposition, and assisted enterprises in recovering substantial economic losses.

In the field of cyber, data and AI compliance, Mr. Li has provided cyber security and data compliance services and crisis resolution services for leading global multinational companies, domestic unicorn companies, and various Internet, e-commerce, finance and manufacturing enterprises. Mr. Li has provided cyber security and data compliance legal services and conducted training for many well-known multinational companies, and has been invited to attend, preside over and speak at many large-scale seminars and conferences in the related fields and delivered speeches.

In the field of regulatory and criminal compliance, and criminal defense, Mr. Li has assisted numerous renowned domestic and international enterprises in responding to regulatory investigations, successfully helping them mitigate regulatory risks. He has effectively mitigated criminal legal risks for senior executives of many prestigious enterprises through defense and other legal measures, and assisted a number of well-known companies in establishing and refining criminal compliance and risk prevention and control systems. In criminal-civil cross dispute resolution, he has helped multiple A-share listed companies and leading investment groups resolve various disputes successfully through criminal proceedings.

Representative Matters / Transactions

• A cybersecurity and data compliance project of a leading global elevator company.
• A cybersecurity and data compliance project of a leading global automobile manufacturing and sales company.
• A cybersecurity and data compliance project of the departments of network technology and financial business in a large domestic logistics group company.
• A legal service project of crisis response and management for a large-scale e-commerce platform regarding users' personal data leakage incident.
• A legal service project of administrative investigation response for a domestic large-scale pharmaceutical company.
• A Data cross-border transmission project of a foreign-funded management company.
• A cybersecurity and data compliance project for a large global water treatment company.
• A cybersecurity and data compliance project for a large multinational biotechnology enterprise.
• A cybersecurity and data compliance project for a global large-scale semiconductor technology enterprise.
• A cybersecurity multi-level protection scheme compliance and customer data compliance project for a global large-scale tool and instrument manufacturing enterprise.
• Providing criminal defense for a large domestic Internet financial enterprise and its person in charge.
• An anti-fraud investigation project for a large automobile design and manufacturing enterprise.
• An anti-fraud investigation project for a large state-owned enterprise.
• Anti-fraud investigation project for a large foreign trade enterprise.
• An Employee fraud and criminal infringement response project of a global leading multinational auto parts manufacturing company.
• A domestic super-large game platform acquisition case (involving both criminal and civil procedure).
• An A-share listed company acquisition fraud case (anti-fraud, anti-corruption investigation).
• A compliance project of digital marketing plan for a leading domestic advertising company.
• A digital marketing project and data privacy compliance project of an international education multinational company.
• A data compliance project of a joint venture between a domestic super-large e-commerce company and a leading global hotel management company.
• Providing year-round legal counseling services for many large domestic state-owned enterprises.
• Provide permanent legal consulting services for relevant government departments.